Manian FA, Hsu F, Huang D, et al. - Researchers investigated the prevalence of, and risk factors for, coexisting systemic infections (CSIs) in patients admitted to the hospital because of a fall or its complications via performing a retrospective cohort study of 1,456 evaluable cases [775 patients (53.2%) female; mean age: 71.6 years (range 18–104 years)] seen at a tertiary care hospital emergency department that were subsequently hospitalized because of a fall or its complications. Diagnosis of CSI was made in 303 patients (20.8%); of which 166 (54.8%) were urinary tract infections and 108 (35.6%) were pneumonia cases; 14 patients (4.6%) were bacteremic. CSI was observed in independent association with age ≥ 50 years, inability to get up on own after the index fall, preexisting symptom(s), and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), or confusion at presentation. Patients with CSI had significantly higher in-hospital mortality rate